Handling-switching machine with devices suitable to keep in the horizontal position the piece conveyor tables

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EP 0 611 709 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	28.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/52

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	24.08.1994 Bulletin 1994/34

(21)	Application number: 94100771.8

(22)	Date of filing: 20.01.1994

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: B65G 17/48, B65G 17/12

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL

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Priority:

19.02.1993 IT MI930308

(71)	Applicant: FINMECCANICA S.p.A.
	I-00197 Roma (IT)

(72)	Inventors:
	Gennari, Nedo I-16125 Genova (IT) Faure, Andrea I-16149 Genova (IT)

(74)	Representative: La Ciura, Salvatore
	Via Francesco Sforza, 3 I-20122 Milano I-20122 Milano (IT)

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(54)	Handling-switching machine with devices suitable to keep in the horizontal position the piece conveyor tables

(57) This invention proposes a handling-switching apparatus in which the pieces to be handled are placed on conveyor tables constituted by rotating carpets (1) that are inclined and set to rotation to unload the conveyed piece. The path, loop shaped, develops on a vertical plane and a characteristic of the invention is that means (12,13,15) to keep in the horizontal position the carpets (1) even in the sections connecting the upper to the lower part of the path and conversely are provided.

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